Departments: Public Expenditure

Oliver Letwin: To ask the Secretary of State for International Development if he will break down in  (a) near cash and  (b) non-cash terms columns 1 to 8 of the subhead detail tables for his Department contained in the (i) main estimate, (ii) winter supplementary estimate and (iii) spring supplementary estimate for financial years 2001-02 to 2007-08.

Douglas Alexander: The information in the Part II: Subhead detail table of our Supply Estimates is not broken down by near-cash/non-cash. There are no other published documents that provide a near-cash/non-cash breakdown of this data, though the Public Expenditure Statistical Analyses (PESA) publication (copies of which are in the House Library) provides a useful near-cash/non-cash DEL split (see Tables 1.6, 1.7 and 2.1 of PESA 2007 for data for years 2001-02 to 2007-08).
	Data taken from Supply Estimates is not necessarily readily compatible with a near-cash/non-cash split, which is used only within the Departmental Expenditure Limit budgetary controls applied by HM Treasury. Providing a near-cash/non-cash split against the columns in the Part II: Subhead detail table in our Estimate would only be possible at disproportionate cost. The ability of departments to provide such a split will depend partly on the extent of reconciliations between voted provision and budgetary limits.

RAF St. Athan

Mark Pritchard: To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what progress has been made on infrastructure projects in support of the Defence Training Review project at RAF St. Athan; and if he will make a statement.

Peter Hain: Negotiations between the Ministry of Defence, the Welsh Assembly Government and Metrix are continuing on delivering Package 1 quickly, and in addressing the remaining affordability issues to deliver Package 2.
	On 3 October the Welsh Assembly Government announced that public exhibitions are underway on obtaining the public's views on improving access to Cardiff airport, demonstrating their commitment to improving the road infrastructure to the airport and which will no doubt also benefit the DTR at St. Athan.

Schools: Crimes of Violence

David Laws: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many assaults there were on school teachers in 2005-06 which led to exclusions, broken down by  (a) by category of assault and  (b) local education authority; and if he will make a statement.

Kevin Brennan: Information on the number of assaults on school teachers is not collected centrally.
	The Department does collect information on the number of permanent and fixed period exclusions from schools due to physical assault against an adult. The latest information is shown in the following tables.
	However, due to underlying changes in the data collection, information on the reasons for exclusion is only available for maintained secondary schools for 2005-06.
	
		
			  Maintained secondary schools( 1, 2) : number of fixed period exclusi ons by reason of exclusion 2005- 06 by local authority area 
			Number of fixed period exclusions 
			Physical assault against a pupil  Physical assault against an adult  Verbal abuse/ threatening behaviour against a pupil  Verbal abuse/ threatening behaviour against an adult  Bullying  Racist abuse  Sexual misconduct 
			   England( 3) 62,670 8,240 12,730 79,370 5,270 3,370 2,620 
			  
			   North East( 3) 2,650 370 590 3,560 230 130 110 
			 841 Darlington 165 27 65 294 (5)— 9 6 
			 840 Durham 644 62 109 864 45 14 15 
			 390 Gateshead 68 3 13 113 22 5 0 
			 805 Hartlepool 62 9 44 133 14 7 6 
			 806 Middlesbrough 127 22 26 188 15 9 7 
			 391 Newcastle upon Tyne 292 58 42 393 27 9 16 
			 392 North Tyneside 176 21 44 229 19 14 13 
			 929 Northumberland 453 53 74 468 26 15 16 
			 807 Redcar and Cleveland 144 22 30 152 9 4 5 
			 393 South Tyneside 164 21 55 232 19 19 13 
			 808 Stockton-on-Tees 148 30 47 292 13 5 11 
			 394 Sunderland 211 43 39 206 16 16 (5)— 
			  
			   North West( 3, 4) 8,480 1,240 1,780 11,730 700 490 380 
			 889 Blackburn with Darwen 195 36 26 226 11 19 9 
			 890 Blackpool 233 42 51 221 7 6 7 
			 350 Bolton 410 77 87 630 22 30 23 
			 351 Bury(4) 334 24 105 369 45 15 13 
			 875 Cheshire 980 85 221 1,335 41 31 31 
			 909 Cumbria 659 69 165 943 61 27 31 
			 876 Halton 110 25 24 186 13 (5)— 11 
			 340 Knowsley 116 23 26 169 11 12 9 
			 888 Lancashire 1,357 158 213 1,688 106 78 59 
			 341 Liverpool 301 44 50 269 31 28 4 
			 352 Manchester 753 229 164 1,009 70 38 43 
			 353 Oldham 264 48 66 435 10 37 12 
			 354 Rochdale 287 29 43 289 51 17 13 
			 355 Salford 261 52 39 400 16 17 12 
			 343 Sefton 73 23 29 115 11 13 17 
			 342 St. Helens 114 37 36 287 11 3 4 
			 356 Stockport 425 55 77 650 35 28 12 
			 357 Tameside 408 40 68 555 38 28 7 
			 358 Trafford 200 27 55 302 12 18 11 
			 877 Warrington 218 24 61 516 5 16 8 
			 359 Wigan 324 48 101 563 28 9 17 
			 344 Wirral 462 46 74 575 60 20 29 
			  
			   Yorkshire and the Humber 7,430 1,140 1,450 10,280 550 460 330 
			 370 Barnsley 207 22 29 250 15 11 9 
			 380 Bradford 860 159 120 1,091 54 73 50 
			 381 Calderdale 356 45 61 381 25 31 13 
			 371 Doncaster 386 50 78 708 21 18 20 
			 811 East Riding of Yorkshire 543 77 123 750 24 19 26 
			 810 Kingston Upon Hull, City of 389 123 60 716 27 40 12 
			 382 Kirklees 558 90 134 862 39 26 11 
			 383 Leeds 1,043 200 160 1,470 91 76 44 
			 812 North East Lincolnshire 265 47 51 360 29 9 19 
			 813 North Lincolnshire 282 31 30 309 24 12 8 
			 815 North Yorkshire 494 86 132 952 48 27 34 
			 372 Rotherham 434 35 152 576 24 25 14 
			 373 Sheffield 841 86 173 862 77 40 26 
			 384 Wakefield 607 55 97 776 34 42 33 
			 816 York 162 30 45 214 13 10 9 
			  
			   East Midlands( 3) 5,290 750 970 6,500 520 250 200 
			 831 Derby 179 37 45 248 41 20 10 
			 830 Derbyshire 684 76 74 845 76 32 18 
			 856 Leicester 502 70 108 560 41 15 20 
			 855 Leicestershire 755 83 166 1,054 72 40 31 
			 925 Lincolnshire 625 78 136 695 62 38 34 
			 928 Northamptonshire 1,114 134 195 1,423 73 46 39 
			 892 Nottingham 379 109 71 355 40 13 17 
			 891 Nottinghamshire 1,034 159 167 1,299 107 47 35 
			 857 Rutland 13 4 8 20 9 (5)— 0 
			  
			   West Midlands( 3) 7,060 890 1,230 8,080 650 410 290 
			 330 Birmingham 1,733 214 213 1,216 176 99 68 
			 331 Coventry 383 63 82 433 46 21 9 
			 332 Dudley 482 41 114 626 56 31 38 
			 884 Herefordshire 170 15 33 274 3 4 4 
			 333 Sandwell 351 77 73 378 28 23 12 
			 893 Shropshire 320 36 43 372 47 9 11 
			 334 Staffordshire 282 29 69 301 13 23 14 
			 860 Solihull 967 72 221 1,325 80 31 17 
			 861 Stoke-on-Trent 362 56 57 409 25 52 17 
			 894 Telford and Wrekin 348 50 55 512 21 4 17 
			 335 Walsall 334 52 40 335 21 22 10 
			 937 Warwickshire 528 45 109 806 51 49 24 
			 336 Wolverhampton 296 56 34 358 35 17 23 
			 885 Worcestershire 506 87 88 734 45 25 22 
			  
			   East of England( 3) 6,250 700 1,360 8,930 540 430 290 
			 820 Bedfordshire 372 67 101 611 45 33 13 
			 873 Cambridgeshire 477 36 110 559 63 30 24 
			 881 Essex 2,022 211 388 2,807 135 116 77 
			 919 Hertfordshire 929 109 293 1,326 95 97 62 
			 821 Luton 249 48 36 303 14 16 10 
			 926 Norfolk 649 65 92 1,194 67 48 51 
			 874 Peterborough 377 21 84 308 28 25 14 
			 882 Southend-on-Sea 126 19 55 227 8 6 10 
			 935 Suffolk 822 111 170 1,216 74 31 16 
			 883 Thurrock 230 16 30 379 13 31 12 
			  
			   London( 3, 4) 8,630 1,260 1,630 6,920 770 350 400 
			   Inner London( 3, 4) 2,850 500 490 1,900 230 70 110 
			 202 Camden(4) 190 41 50 175 9 9 7 
			 201 City of London 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
			 204 Hackney 290 42 39 134 16 4 (5)— 
			 205 Hammersmith and Fulham 77 7 9 30 4 0 3 
			 309 Haringey 288 55 32 198 8 0 21 
			 206 Islington 151 32 28 109 27 5 3 
			 207 Kensington and Chelsea 49 15 18 44 5 (5)— 0 
			 208 Lambeth 236 20 38 145 15 (5)— 6 
			 209 Lewisham 362 62 54 231 30 11 13 
			 316 Newham 516 84 78 277 50 10 26 
			 210 Southwark 166 28 57 113 14 (5)— 6 
			 211 Tower Hamlets 192 56 34 183 31 9 4 
			 212 Wandsworth 186 24 25 144 10 (5)— 6 
			 213 Westminster 142 35 25 118 11 14 9 
			  
			   Outer London( 3) 5,790 760 1,140 5,020 540 280 300 
			 301 Barking and Dagenham 113 31 21 162 (5)— 3 15 
			 302 Barnet 424 50 64 227 17 18 36 
			 303 Bexley 404 41 71 373 18 16 16 
			 304 Brent 518 81 63 314 64 13 5 
			 305 Bromley 170 20 43 166 7 11 18 
			 306 Croydon 248 44 63 171 21 5 19 
			 307 Ealing 326 15 72 243 52 37 9 
			 308 Enfield 442 72 121 374 35 16 41 
			 203 Greenwich 537 50 140 577 50 32 30 
			 310 Harrow 319 27 65 206 23 10 10 
			 311 Havering 219 23 37 170 33 29 15 
			 312 Hillingdon 192 34 34 258 27 22 13 
			 313 Hounslow 258 33 50 256 29 6 11 
			 314 Kingston upon Thames 115 10 24 136 5 4 (5)— 
			 315 Merton 236 49 33 191 12 5 4 
			 317 Redbridge 332 25 71 258 30 10 12 
			 318 Richmond upon Thames 131 25 45 223 18 6 11 
			 319 Sutton 289 26 58 263 40 25 11 
			 320 Waltham Forest 514 106 69 448 61 13 21 
			  
			   South East( 3) 10,630 1,170 2,330 14,220 840 610 350 
			 867 Bracknell Forest 136 15 11 168 5 5 5 
			 846 Brighton and Hove 316 41 73 579 25 18 19 
			 825 Buckinghamshire 490 32 74 465 30 35 19 
			 845 East Sussex 793 72 161 1,201 35 36 15 
			 850 Hampshire 1,748 211 430 2,420 148 89 65 
			 921 Isle of Wight 126 25 43 292 8 8 7 
			 886 Kent 1,913 179 360 2,000 172 116 60 
			 887 Medway 555 53 117 608 28 36 29 
			 826 Milton Keynes 215 23 35 234 22 10 0 
			 931 Oxfordshire 614 93 121 1,186 50 43 23 
			 851 Portsmouth 451 30 74 406 17 22 (5)— 
			 870 Reading 83 14 56 134 7 3 0 
			 871 Slough 89 16 17 36 12 3 8 
			 852 Southampton 538 88 84 741 41 13 11 
			 936 Surrey 1,248 101 334 1,682 144 100 45 
			 869 West Berkshire 156 20 55 227 17 4 3 
			 938 West Sussex 921 120 239 1,458 63 53 20 
			 868 Windsor and Maidenhead 113 10 18 150 10 6 5 
			 872 Wokingham 122 27 27 229 10 6 11 
			  
			   South West( 3) 6,240 710 1,400 9,160 480 240 270 
			 800 Bath and North East Somerset 228 21 70 297 28 9 5 
			 837 Bournemouth 147 25 21 196 3 12 0 
			 801 Bristol, City of 627 110 91 741 43 18 20 
			 908 Cornwall 435 42 105 609 44 23 23 
			 878 Devon 1,022 109 244 1,768 84 27 32 
			 835 Dorset 387 24 75 358 14 12 15 
			 916 Gloucestershire 651 45 182 896 37 22 38 
			 420 Isles of Scilly 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
			 802 North Somerset 255 18 60 231 26 7 4 
			 879 Plymouth 254 34 26 362 13 12 18 
			 836 Poole 151 17 38 492 3 (5)— 5 
			 933 Somerset 734 104 185 1,464 48 19 42 
			 803 South Gloucestershire 315 30 89 533 39 20 10 
			 866 Swindon 281 40 51 265 21 14 18 
			 880 Torbay 193 23 34 251 19 7 (5)— 
			 865 Wiltshire 561 67 127 695 57 37 37 
		
	
	
		
			Drug and alcohol related  Damage  Theft  Persistent disruptive behaviour  Other  Total( 3) 
			   England( 3) 8,360 9,390 7,770 72,340 71,720 343,840 
			 
			   North East( 3) 340 360 250 3,360 2,950 14,910 
			 841 Darlington 30 33 18 608 248 1,510 
			 840 Durham 87 78 58 771 955 3,700 
			 390 Gateshead 10 3 4 56 144 440 
			 805 Hartlepool 10 19 18 101 47 470 
			 806 Middlesbrough 8 32 14 243 107 800 
			 391 Newcastle upon Tyne 20 39 23 310 203 1,430 
			 392 North Tyneside 18 24 26 126 137 850 
			 929 Northumberland 77 42 35 537 323 2,120 
			 807 Redcar and Cleveland 11 28 14 168 167 750 
			 393 South Tyneside 26 19 18 141 239 970 
			 808 Stockton-on-Tees 28 24 17 159 96 870 
			 394 Sunderland 12 23 8 144 285 1,000 
			 
			   North West( 3, 4) 1,470 1,310 1,020 10,580 10,460 49,640 
			 889 Blackburn with Darwen 19 18 18 150 93 820 
			 890 Blackpool 35 16 14 271 70 970 
			 350 Bolton 36 85 46 856 172 2,470 
			 351 Bury(4) 58 44 33 459 201 1,700 
			 875 Cheshire 266 139 117 956 559 4,760 
			 909 Cumbria 87 96 94 995 1,270 4,500 
			 876 Halton 30 22 12 159 30 620 
			 340 Knowsley 15 19 10 111 191 710 
			 888 Lancashire 227 169 164 1,330 1,493 7,040 
			 341 Liverpool 34 81 22 378 746 1,990 
			 352 Manchester 96 152 99 859 971 4,480 
			 353 Oldham 60 31 34 231 921 2,150 
			 354 Rochdale 33 48 43 315 428 1,600 
			 355 Salford 43 38 23 463 51 1,420 
			 343 Sefton 21 6 22 86 168 580 
			 342 St. Helens 31 32 16 199 295 1,070 
			 356 Stockport 73 68 52 525 539 2,540 
			 357 Tameside 61 54 35 459 432 2,190 
			 358 Trafford 34 27 26 126 358 1,200 
			 877 Warrington 52 45 27 275 325 1,570 
			 359 Wigan 60 39 49 807 555 2,600 
			 344 Wirral 100 77 64 565 593 2,670 
			 
			   Yorkshire and the Humber 990 1,190 760 10,700 6,790 42,050 
			 370 Barnsley 28 35 21 201 222 1,050 
			 380 Bradford 104 93 104 797 726 4,230 
			 381 Calderdale 90 49 29 297 380 1,760 
			 371 Doncaster 38 64 27 633 528 2,570 
			 811 East Riding of Yorkshire 70 92 57 847 457 3,090 
			 810 Kingston Upon Hull, City of 26 87 22 619 247 2,370 
			 382 Kirklees 55 76 71 688 819 3,430 
			 383 Leeds 141 155 153 1,595 942 6,070 
			 812 North East Lincolnshire 13 51 13 478 634 1,970 
			 813 North Lincolnshire 76 45 20 430 121 1,390 
			 815 North Yorkshire 150 129 72 1,032 106 3,260 
			 372 Rotherham 23 69 17 405 344 2,120 
			 373 Sheffield 72 98 37 1,088 714 4,110 
			 384 Wakefield 67 114 68 1,298 433 3,620 
			 816 York 38 28 48 295 118 1,010 
			 
			   East Midlands( 3) 670 770 550 6,050 5,920 28,440 
			 831 Derby 21 29 20 324 289 1,260 
			 830 Derbyshire 82 92 73 516 1,468 4,040 
			 856 Leicester 55 113 44 413 425 2,370 
			 855 Leicestershire 112 128 93 1,242 497 4,270 
			 925 Lincolnshire 84 74 79 647 373 2,930 
			 928 Northamptonshire 155 149 119 1,338 999 5,780 
			 892 Nottingham 38 43 32 446 248 1,790 
			 891 Nottinghamshire 120 136 87 1,112 1,616 5,920 
			 857 Rutland 6 (5)— 4 13 7 90 
			 
			   West Midlands( 3) 690 1,160 780 6,450 8,700 36,390 
			 330 Birmingham 122 256 201 1,213 3,230 8,740 
			 331 Coventry 45 81 47 413 783 2,410 
			 332 Dudley 35 91 49 564 718 2,850 
			 884 Herefordshire 15 23 24 93 306 960 
			 333 Sandwell 38 80 54 367 356 1,840 
			 893 Shropshire 43 35 40 242 487 1,690 
			 334 Staffordshire 10 86 41 312 241 1,420 
			 860 Solihull 98 118 80 885 773 4,670 
			 861 Stoke-on-Trent 9 46 36 292 277 1,640 
			 894 Telford and Wrekin 46 49 17 412 292 1,820 
			 335 Walsall 16 56 16 302 133 1,340 
			 937 Warwickshire 117 89 68 469 545 2,900 
			 336 Wolverhampton 29 47 36 233 287 1,450 
			 885 Worcestershire 66 107 71 653 267 2,670 
			 
			   East of England( 3) 1,130 960 870 7,690 7,750 36,920 
			 820 Bedfordshire 66 77 43 552 424 2,400 
			 873 Cambridgeshire 119 73 87 503 624 2,710 
			 881 Essex 356 287 246 2,531 2,787 11,960 
			 919 Hertfordshire 271 189 211 1,250 1,217 6,050 
			 821 Luton 17 22 40 207 302 1,260 
			 926 Norfolk 110 89 44 662 661 3,730 
			 874 Peterborough 49 46 48 384 124 1,510 
			 882 Southend-on-Sea 22 20 29 125 273 920 
			 935 Suffolk 100 117 97 1,187 824 4,770 
			 883 Thurrock 16 43 29 292 517 1,610 
			 
			   London( 3, 4) 680 1,100 1,470 6,070 9,310 38,600 
			   Inner London( 3, 4) 160 260 380 1,780 2,740 11,460 
			 202 Camden(4) 28 30 33 130 118 820 
			 201 City of London 0 0 0 0 0 0 
			 204 Hackney 12 24 15 151 103 830 
			 205 Hammersmith and Fulham 12 6 23 48 69 290 
			 309 Haringey 15 34 42 217 338 1,250 
			 206 Islington 12 8 12 51 91 530 
			 207 Kensington and Chelsea 6 17 16 98 84 350 
			 208 Lambeth 9 18 28 120 370 1,010 
			 209 Lewisham 3 46 42 249 242 1,350 
			 316 Newham 15 18 67 292 506 1,940 
			 210 Southwark 12 12 19 149 143 720 
			 211 Tower Hamlets 10 28 31 75 233 890 
			 212 Wandsworth 15 7 26 105 304 850 
			 213 Westminster 8 14 26 92 143 640 
			 
			   Outer London( 3) 530 840 1,090 4,290 6,570 27,140 
			 301 Barking and Dagenham 4 29 25 160 86 650 
			 302 Barnet 39 25 115 231 517 1,760 
			 303 Bexley 32 82 49 150 410 1,660 
			 304 Brent 16 40 55 331 254 1,750 
			 305 Bromley 14 21 33 93 330 930 
			 306 Croydon 30 32 55 216 81 990 
			 307 Ealing 55 80 69 274 788 2,020 
			 308 Enfield 39 55 105 396 250 1,950 
			 203 Greenwich 52 65 52 482 406 2,470 
			 310 Harrow 4 30 77 147 251 1,170 
			 311 Havering 20 38 41 104 508 1,240 
			 312 Hillingdon 27 70 46 192 724 1,640 
			 313 Hounslow 27 38 55 159 258 1,180 
			 314 Kingston upon Thames 8 22 29 77 115 550 
			 315 Merton 31 45 28 158 256 1,050 
			 317 Redbridge 30 48 65 206 475 1,560 
			 318 Richmond upon Thames 23 20 37 143 35 720 
			 319 Sutton 17 30 84 328 212 1,380 
			 320 Waltham Forest 58 68 68 441 613 2,480 
			 
			   South East( 3) 1,380 1,450 1,370 13,240 12,690 60,260 
			 867 Bracknell Forest 15 16 12 153 60 600 
			 846 Brighton and Hove 49 46 38 552 244 2,000 
			 825 Buckinghamshire 65 75 102 273 600 2,260 
			 845 East Sussex 92 105 106 1,055 1,516 5,190 
			 850 Hampshire 273 195 249 2,516 1,162 9,510 
			 921 Isle of Wight 42 17 10 212 364 1,150 
			 886 Kent 126 259 195 1,798 3,327 10,510 
			 887 Medway 32 72 28 1,036 349 2,940 
			 826 Milton Keynes 45 27 45 208 210 1,070 
			 931 Oxfordshire 159 114 85 838 306 3,630 
			 851 Portsmouth 56 37 28 408 558 2,090 
			 870 Reading 14 11 9 116 80 530 
			 871 Slough 4 22 11 38 190 450 
			 852 Southampton 28 62 45 520 341 2,510 
			 936 Surrey 187 186 219 1,398 2,357 8,000 
			 869 West Berkshire 37 35 16 280 285 1,140 
			 938 West Sussex 126 125 119 1,500 483 5,230 
			 868 Windsor and Maidenhead 15 20 16 116 137 620 
			 872 Wokingham 19 22 37 218 117 850 
			 
			   South West( 3) 1,010 1,090 690 8,200 7,150 36,630 
			 800 Bath and North East Somerset 40 32 33 228 153 1,140 
			 837 Bournemouth 28 12 25 140 118 730 
			 801 Bristol, City of 52 135 35 730 740 3,340 
			 908 Cornwall 77 54 37 372 726 2,550 
			 878 Devon 166 143 125 1,259 1,764 6,740 
			 835 Dorset 60 64 71 378 496 1,950 
			 916 Gloucestershire 85 104 104 873 1,058 4,100 
			 420 Isles of Scilly 0 0 0 0 0 0 
			 802 North Somerset 51 48 20 110 325 1,160 
			 879 Plymouth 61 36 21 232 118 1,190 
			 836 Poole 33 32 25 538 74 1,410 
			 933 Somerset 142 130 55 1,264 133 4,320 
			 803 South Gloucestershire 38 68 55 324 644 2,170 
			 866 Swindon 12 68 16 440 479 1,710 
			 880 Torbay 28 57 10 243 96 960 
			 865 Wiltshire 137 110 59 1,068 221 3,180 
			 (1) Includes middle schools as deemed. (2) Excludes non-maintained special schools. (3) Totals for England, each region and across all reasons for exclusion have been rounded to the nearest 10. (4) There were four fixed period exclusions in Camden and Bury local authorities for which reason for exclusion has not been established. These have been included in the total column only. (5) One or two exclusions.  Source: School Census 
		
	
	
		
			  Maintained secondary schools( 1, 2) : number of permanent exclusions by reason of exclusion (estimates)( 3)  2005-06 by local authority area 
			Number of fixed period exclusions 
			Physical assault against a pupil  Physical assault against an adult  Verbal abuse/ threatening behaviour against a pupil  Verbal abuse/ threatening behaviour against an adult  Bullying  Racist abuse  Sexual misconduct 
			   England( 4) 1,260 740 330 900 80 30 110 
			  
			   North East( 4) 60 50 10 60 (7)— (7)— (7)— 
			 841 Darlington 6 5 (6)— 9 0 0 0 
			 840 Durham 10 7 4 15 0 0 0 
			 390 Gateshead 3 5 (6)— 6 0 0 0 
			 805 Hartlepool 6 (6)— (6)— 3 0 (6)— 0 
			 806 Middlesbrough (6)— (6)— 0 (6)— 0 0 (6)— 
			 391 Newcastle upon Tyne 7 13 0 5 0 0 0 
			 392 North Tyneside (6)— 0 (6)— (6)— 0 0 0 
			 929 Northumberland 15 10 (6)— 8 (6)— 0 0 
			 807 Redcar and Cleveland 3 (6)— 0 (6)— 0 0 0 
			 393 South Tyneside 3 4 0 (6)— 0 0 0 
			 808 Stockton-on-Tees (6)— (6)— 0 5 0 0 (6)— 
			 394 Sunderland 0 (6)— 0 (6)— 0 0 0 
			  
			   North West( 4,5) 170 120 40 140 10 (7)— 10 
			 889 Blackburn with Darwen 6 3 0 7 0 0 0 
			 890 Blackpool 9 9 (6)— 3 0 0 (6)— 
			 350 Bolton 6 7 0 0 0 0 0 
			 351 Bury 6 0 (6)— 6 (6)— 0 0 
			 875 Cheshire 19 12 8 16 (6)— 0 0 
			 909 Cumbria (6)— 7 3 5 0 0 (6)— 
			 876 Halton 12 4 (6)— 5 0 0 0 
			 340 Knowsley 14 3 4 4 0 0 (6)— 
			 888 Lancashire 28 26 5 30 4 (6)— 0 
			 341 Liverpool 13 (6)— 0 5 (6)— 0 0 
			 352 Manchester 7 11 0 8 0 0 0 
			 353 Oldham 13 3 (6)— 7 0 0 (6)— 
			 354 Rochdale(5) 7 4 (6)— 4 0 0 0 
			 355 Salford 7 11 (6)— 8 (6)— 0 (6)— 
			 343 Sefton 4 3 (6)— 5 0 0 0 
			 342 St. Helens 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
			 356 Stockport 7 3 (6)— 9 0 0 0 
			 357 Tameside 3 8 (6)— (6)— 0 (6)— 0 
			 358 Trafford 3 (6)— (6)— (6)— (6)— 0 0 
			 877 Warrington (6)— 3 0 3 0 0 0 
			 359 Wigan 4 3 (6)— 3 0 0 (6)— 
			 344 Wirral (6)— 4 (6)— 7 0 0 (6)— 
			  
			   Yorkshire and the Humber 120 70 20 80 (7)— (7)— 10 
			 370 Barnsley 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
			 380 Bradford 17 6 4 6 (6)— (6)— (6)— 
			 381 Calderdale 6 3 (6)— (6)— (6)— (6)— 0 
			 371 Doncaster 6 4 3 9 0 0 0 
			 811 East Riding of Yorkshire 4 3 (6)— (6)— (6)— 0 (6)— 
			 810 Kingston Upon Hull, City of 6 14 (6)— 6 0 0 (6)— 
			 382 Kirklees 7 7 0 10 0 0 0 
			 383 Leeds 19 12 (6)— 8 0 0 (6)— 
			 812 North East Lincolnshire (6)— (6)— 0 3 0 0 0 
			 813 North Lincolnshire 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
			 815 North Yorkshire 3 (6)— (6)— 9 0 0 (6)— 
			 372 Rotherham 4 (6)— (6)— 5 0 (6)— 0 
			 373 Sheffield 27 5 4 14 (6)— 0 (6)— 
			 384 Wakefield 13 4 0 6 0 0 (6)— 
			 816 York 10 3 4 7 0 0 0 
			  
			   East Midlands( 4) 120 80 30 100 10 (7)— 10 
			 831 Derby 4 (6)— (6)— 3 (6)— 0 0 
			 830 Derbyshire 18 9 (6)— 6 (6)— 0 0 
			 856 Leicester 14 7 3 9 0 0 5 
			 855 Leicestershire 18 14 4 19 6 0 (6)— 
			 925 Lincolnshire 13 8 9 17 4 4 (6)— 
			 928 Northamptonshire 16 14 4 20 (6)— 0 0 
			 892 Nottingham 7 7 (6)— 8 (6)— 0 0 
			 891 Nottinghamshire 31 16 (6)— 17 (6)— 0 (6)— 
			 857 Rutland 0 (6)— 0 0 0 0 0 
			  
			   West Midlands( 4) 120 80 30 110 10 10 10 
			 330 Birmingham 42 15 12 20 3 0 8 
			 331 Coventry (6)— 0 0 5 0 0 0 
			 332 Dudley (6)— 5 0 16 0 (6)— (6)— 
			 884 Herefordshire (6)— 3 0 0 0 0 0 
			 333 Sandwell 8 12 (6)— 3 (6)— 0 (6)— 
			 893 Shropshire (6)— (6)— 0 3 (6)— 0 0 
			 334 Solihull 9 4 (6)— 3 (6)— (6)— 0 
			 860 Staffordshire 14 11 9 13 (6)— 0 (6)— 
			 861 Stoke-on-Trent 3 3 (6)— 3 0 (6)— 0 
			 894 Telford and Wrekin 5 6 0 4 0 0 0 
			 335 Walsall 3 (6)— (6)— 5 0 0 0 
			 937 Warwickshire 18 6 4 13 (6)— (6)— (6)— 
			 336 Wolverhampton 3 (6)— 0 0 0 0 0 
			 885 Worcestershire 11 10 (6)— 18 6 0 0 
			  
			   East of England( 4) 110 50 30 70 10 (7)— 10 
			 820 Bedfordshire 18 8 7 7 (6)— 0 0 
			 873 Cambridgeshire 3 (6)— 0 0 (6)— 0 0 
			 881 Essex 18 11 6 21 3 0 (6)— 
			 919 Hertfordshire 28 9 8 23 (6)— (6)— (6)— 
			 821 Luton 5 3 (6)— 0 0 0 0 
			 926 Norfolk 8 5 0 8 (6)— (6)— 0 
			 874 Peterborough 7 0 (6)— 5 0 0 0 
			 882 Southend-on-Sea 4 3 (6)— (6)— 0 0 0 
			 935 Suffolk 11 4 8 8 (6)— 0 3 
			 883 Thurrock (6)— 4 0 0 0 0 (6)— 
			  
			   London( 4) 280 120 70 110 20 (7)— 30 
			   Inner London( 4) 90 50 10 30 (7)— (7)— (7)— 
			 202 Camden (6)— (6)— (6)— (6)— (6)— 0 0 
			 201 City of London 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
			 204 Hackney 6 6 0 (6)— 0 0 (6)— 
			 205 Hammersmith and Fulham 0 (6)— 0 0 (6)— 0 0 
			 309 Haringey 3 5 (6)— 3 0 0 0 
			 206 Islington 4 (6)— 0 0 0 0 (6)— 
			 207 Kensington and Chelsea (6)— 0 0 0 0 0 0 
			 208 Lambeth 11 (6)— (6)— 3 (6)— 0 0 
			 209 Lewisham 10 6 3 0 0 0 0 
			 316 Newham 8 5 (6)— 7 0 (6)— (6)— 
			 210 Southwark 13 5 5 8 0 0 0 
			 211 Tower Hamlets 15 9 0 4 (6)— 0 0 
			 212 Wandsworth 9 4 (6)— 0 0 0 (6)— 
			 213 Westminster 8 (6)— 0 (6)— 0 0 0 
			  
			   Outer London( 4) 190 70 60 80 10 (7)— 30 
			 301 Barking and Dagenham 5 3 (6)— 3 0 0 5 
			 302 Barnet 4 3 3 (6)— 0 0 (6)— 
			 303 Bexley 8 3 (6)— 3 0 0 0 
			 304 Brent 20 7 (6)— 6 0 0 0 
			 305 Bromley 8 6 6— 5 3 0 6 
			 306 Croydon 23 8 11 6 (6)— 0 0 
			 307 Ealing 7 (6)— (6)— 4 0 0 0 
			 308 Enfield 13 10 (6)— 7 0 (6)— 7 
			 203 Greenwich 16 (6)— 8 11 (6)— (6)— (6)— 
			 310 Harrow 10 4 (6)— (6)— (6)— 0 (6)— 
			 311 Havering 13 6 5 4 0 0 0 
			 312 Hillingdon 7 6 0 4 0 0 0 
			 313 Hounslow 15 6 (6)— 8 (6)— 0 (6)— 
			 314 Kingston upon Thames 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 
			 315 Merton 9 (6)— (6)— (6)— (6)— 0 (6)— 
			 317 Redbridge 5 (6)— 5 6 (6)— 0 3 
			 318 Richmond upon Thames 3 (6)— 3 (6)— 0 0 0 
			 319 Sutton 7 (6)— (6)— 6 0 0 0 
			 320 Waltham Forest 9 (6)— 3 (6)— 0 0 0 
			  
			   South East( 4) 170 90 60 150 10 (7)— 20 
			 867 Bracknell Forest 0 (6)— (6)— (6)— 0 0 0 
			 846 Brighton and Hove 3 4 0 (6)— 0 0 0 
			 825 Buckinghamshire 8 7 0 7 0 0 4 
			 845 East Sussex 16 4 4 4 0 0 0 
			 850 Hampshire 29 15 11 29 0 0 (6)— 
			 921 Isle of Wight (6)— (6)— (6)— 4 0 0 0 
			 886 Kent 36 14 10 31 (6)— 0 6 
			 887 Medway 3 4 0 4 0 0 0 
			 826 Milton Keynes 8 3 (6)— 6 0 0 0 
			 931 Oxfordshire 7 (6)— 3 13 (6)— 0 (6)— 
			 851 Portsmouth (6)— 3 0 (6)— 0 0 0 
			 870 Reading 3 (6)— (6)— (6)— 0 0 0 
			 871 Slough (6)— (6)— (6)— 0 0 0 0 
			 852 Southampton 3 6 (6)— (6)— 0 0 0 
			 936 Surrey 19 4 13 21 4 0 (6)— 
			 869 West Berkshire 7 4 0 5 0 0 0 
			 938 West Sussex 18 10 7 10 (6)— (6)— 0 
			 868 Windsor and Maidenhead 3 (6)— 0 (6)— 0 0 0 
			 872 Wokingham 8 4 6— 3 0 0 (6)— 
			  
			   South West( 4) 110 70 40 80 (7)— (7)— 10 
			 800 Bath and North East Somers 5 (6)— (6)— (6)— 0 0 0 
			 837 Bournemouth 6 5 (6)— 0 0 0 0 
			 801 Bristol, City of 12 8 (6)— 3 0 0 0 
			 908 Cornwall 6 8 3 13 (6)— 0 (6)— 
			 878 Devon 14 8 6 11 (6)— 0 (6)— 
			 835 Dorset 3 (6)— (6)— (6)— 0 0 0 
			 916 Gloucestershire 9 5 6 13 0 0 (6)— 
			 420 Isles of Scilly 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
			 802 North Somerset 3 (6)— 0 0 0 0 0 
			 879 Plymouth 6 11 (6)— 10 (6)— (6)— 3 
			 836 Poole 4 (6)— (6)— 3 0 0 0 
			 933 Somerset 21 8 4 11 (6)— 0 (6)— 
			 803 South Gloucestershire 9 4 (6)— 7 0 0 (6)— 
			 866 Swindon 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 
			 880 Torbay 4 3 0 6— 0 0 0 
			 865 Wiltshire 7 7 (6)— 9 0 0 0 
		
	
	
		
			Number of fixed period exclusions 
			Drug and alcohol related  Damage  Theft  Persistent disruptive behaviour  Other  Total( 3) 
			   England( 4) 450 170 220 2,370 1,340 7,990 
			 
			   North East( 4) 30 10 10 100 50 380 
			 841 Darlington (6)— 0 (6)— 9 9 40 
			 840 Durham 4 0 0 11 12 60 
			 390 Gateshead (6)— 0 0 8 4 30 
			 805 Hartlepool (6)— 0 0 7 0 20 
			 806 Middlesbrough 0 0 0 6 (6)— 10 
			 391 Newcastle upon Tyne 3 4 6 23 3 70 
			 392 North Tyneside 0 0 0 (6)— (6)— 10 
			 929 Northumberland 9 3 (6)— 14 8 70 
			 807 Redcar and Cleveland 0 0 (6)— 8 (6)— 20 
			 393 South Tyneside 3 0 (6)— 7 8 30 
			 808 Stockton-on-Tees (6)— (6)— 0 5 (6)— 20 
			 394 Sunderland (6)— 0 0 0 0 (7)— 
			 
			   North West( 4,5) 60 30 40 320 170 1,120 
			 889 Blackburn with Darwen 0 4 0 7 3 30 
			 890 Blackpool 0 (6)— 0 5 7 40 
			 350 Bolton (6)— (6)— (6)— 14 (6)— 30 
			 351 Bury 0 (6)— (6)— (6)— (6)— 20 
			 875 Cheshire 7 3 (6)— 57 11 140 
			 909 Cumbria 8 0 (6)— 13 4 40 
			 876 Halton (6)— (6)— 0 7 0 30 
			 340 Knowsley 0 0 (6)— 6 5 40 
			 888 Lancashire 17 4 7 78 40 240 
			 341 Liverpool 0 (6)— 4 12 15 50 
			 352 Manchester (6)— 3 4 15 14 60 
			 353 Oldham 4 0 (6)— 6 20 60 
			 354 Rochdale(5) 0 0 3 9 13 40 
			 355 Salford 4 4 (6)— 9 (6)— 50 
			 343 Sefton 0 0 (6)— 9 3 30 
			 342 St. Helens 0 0 0 0 0 0 
			 356 Stockport 7 (6)— 11 9 11 60 
			 357 Tameside 3 3 0 24 8 50 
			 358 Trafford 3 0 0 4 3 20 
			 877 Warrington (6)— 0 0 12 4 30 
			 359 Wigan (6)— 0 (6)— 3 (6)— 20 
			 344 Wirral 4 (6)— 0 14 5 40 
			 
			   Yorkshire and the Humber 40 10 10 190 110 680 
			 370 Barnsley 0 0 0 (6)— (6)— (7)— 
			 380 Bradford 6 0 0 19 17 80 
			 381 Calderdale 10 0 (6)— 15 7 50 
			 371 Doncaster (6)— (6)— 0 18 7 50 
			 811 East Riding of Yorkshire (6)— 3 0 7 7 30 
			 810 Kingston Upon Hull, City of (6)— (6)— (6)— 6 6 40 
			 382 Kirklees 0 0 (6)— 10 9 40 
			 383 Leeds 3 (6)— (6)— 20 16 90 
			 812 North East Lincolnshire (6)— (6)— (6)— 17 10 40 
			 813 North Lincolnshire 0 0 0 0 0 0 
			 815 North Yorkshire 4 (6)— (6)— 16 (6)— 40 
			 372 Rotherham 0 (6)— 0 8 13 40 
			 373 Sheffield (6)— 4 0 26 15 100 
			 384 Wakefield 5 0 (6)— 14 4 50 
			 816 York 4 0 (6)— 13 0 40 
			 
			   East Midlands( 4) 50 10 10 220 120 770 
			 831 Derby (6)— 0 (6)— 8 5 30 
			 830 Derbyshire 9 (6)— (6)— 31 43 120 
			 856 Leicester (6)— (6)— (6)— 6 7 60 
			 855 Leicestershire 9 (6)— (6)— 40 8 120 
			 925 Lincolnshire 12 3 5 39 9 130 
			 928 Northamptonshire 10 4 (6)— 52 11 130 
			 892 Nottingham 4 3 (6)— 9 7 50 
			 891 Nottinghamshire 6 0 (6)— 36 27 160 
			 857 Rutland 0 0 0 0 0 (7)— 
			 
			   West Midlands( 4) 50 20 20 240 170 870 
			 330 Birmingham 11 4 8 52 71 250 
			 331 Coventry 0 (6)— 0 (6)— 0 10 
			 332 Dudley 0 7 0 9 23 70 
			 884 Herefordshire (6)— 0 0 10 5 20 
			 333 Sandwell 6 (6)— (6)— 19 17 70 
			 893 Shropshire (6)— 0 0 3 6 20 
			 334 Solihull 0 (6)— (6)— 19 6 50 
			 860 Staffordshire 10 0 (6)— 35 11 110 
			 861 Stoke-on-Trent 0 0 0 (6)— 7 20 
			 894 Telford and Wrekin 6 (6)— 0 11 8 40 
			 335 Walsall 0 0 (6)— 7 3 20 
			 937 Warwickshire 6 (6)— 3 39 8 100 
			 336 Wolverhampton 5 0 0 (6)— (6)— 10 
			 885 Worcestershire 3 (6)— (6)— 26 4 80 
			 
			   East of England( 4) 40 20 30 260 100 730 
			 820 Bedfordshire 6 (6)— 4 18 9 80 
			 873 Cambridgeshire 0 0 0 (6)— (6)— 10 
			 881 Essex 7 7 (6)— 71 27 180 
			 919 Hertfordshire 11 (6)— 8 82 26 200 
			 821 Luton (6)— 0 3 11 3 30 
			 926 Norfolk 11 3 3 24 7 70 
			 874 Peterborough 0 0 (6)— 13 (6)— 30 
			 882 Southend-on-Sea 0 0 0 14 7 30 
			 935 Suffolk 5 5 3 19 12 80 
			 883 Thurrock (6)— 0 0 9 5 20 
			 
			   London( 4) 70 10 50 320 290 1,360 
			   Inner London( 4) 10 (7)— 10 50 110 370 
			 202 Camden 0 0 0 4 (6)— 10 
			 201 City of London 0 0 0 0 0  
			 204 Hackney 0 0 0 3 8 30 
			 205 Hammersmith and Fulham 4 0 0 4 0 10 
			 309 Haringey (6)— 0 0 0 18 30 
			 206 Islington 0 0 (6)— (6)— 4 10 
			 207 Kensington and Chelsea (6)— 0 (6)— 6 (6)— 10 
			 208 Lambeth 3 0 0 4 5 30 
			 209 Lewisham 0 0 0 3 5 30 
			 316 Newham 0 0 (6)— 10 22 60 
			 210 Southwark 0 0 0 0 3 40 
			 211 Tower Hamlets (6)— (6)— 3 3 23 60 
			 212 Wandsworth (6)— 0 (6)— 9 15 40 
			 213 Westminster 0 0 0 5 3 20 
			 
			   Outer London( 4) 60 10 40 270 180 990 
			 301 Barking and Dagenham 0 0 (6)— 13 7 40 
			 302 Barnet 3 0 (6)— 13 10 40 
			 303 Bexley (6)— (6)— 0 14 16 50 
			 304 Brent (6)— 0 0 29 13 80 
			 305 Bromley 5 (6)— 0 19 23 80 
			 306 Croydon 6 (6)— 7 33 13 110 
			 307 Ealing 7 (6)— 6 17 12 70 
			 308 Enfield (6)— 0 3 20 8 70 
			 203 Greenwich (6)— 0 (6)— 13 18 70 
			 310 Harrow (6)— 0 0 3 3 30 
			 311 Havering 6 0 (6)— 6 7 50 
			 312 Hillingdon (6)— (6)— (6)— 8 22 50 
			 313 Hounslow 7 (6)— (6)— 32 4 80 
			 314 Kingston upon Thames (6)— 0 (6)— 0 (6)— 10 
			 315 Merton (6)— 0 3 9 3 30 
			 317 Redbridge (6)— (6)— 3 9 5 40 
			 318 Richmond upon Thames 0 0 0 6 (6)— 20 
			 319 Sutton 5 0 4 6 3 30 
			 320 Waltham Forest 3 (6)— 0 17 9 50 
			 
			   South East( 4) 70 30 40 430 240 1,310 
			 867 Bracknell Forest 3 0 0 12 4 20 
			 846 Brighton and Hove (6)— 4 (6)— 12 (6)— 30 
			 825 Buckinghamshire 5 (6)— (6)— 8 12 50 
			 845 East Sussex 5 3 (6)— 22 17 80 
			 850 Hampshire 4 3 4 50 10 160 
			 921 Isle of Wight (6)— (6)— 0 (6)— (6)— 10 
			 886 Kent 12 7 12 78 101 310 
			 887 Medway (6)— 0 0 17 5 40 
			 826 Milton Keynes 0 0 4 10 10 50 
			 931 Oxfordshire 5 (6)— 0 24 6 70 
			 851 Portsmouth 0 3 0 (6)— 4 10 
			 870 Reading 0 (6)— 0 9 3 20 
			 871 Slough 0 0 0 0 (6)— (7)— 
			 852 Southampton (6)— 0 (6)— 5 (6)— 20 
			 936 Surrey 6 0 (6)— 79 34 180 
			 869 West Berkshire 5 3 (6)— 13 9 50 
			 938 West Sussex 17 (6)— 3 77 10 160 
			 868 Windsor and Maidenhead 0 0 0 8 3 20 
			 872 Wokingham (6)— (6)— 4 6 3 30 
			 
			   South West( 4) 40 20 20 290 80 770 
			 800 Bath and North East Somers 4 4 (6)— 15 3 40 
			 837 Bournemouth (6)— 0 (6)— 0 0 20 
			 801 Bristol, City of 4 0 3 15 7 50 
			 908 Cornwall 3 (6)— (6)— 37 14 90 
			 878 Devon (6)— 0 (6)— 40 16 100 
			 835 Dorset (6)— 0 (6)— 7 3 20 
			 916 Gloucestershire 11 (6)— (6)— 48 20 120 
			 420 Isles of Scilly 0 0 0 0 0 (7)— 
			 802 North Somerset 4 0 0 5 0 10 
			 879 Plymouth (6)— (6)— (6)— 13 (6)— 50 
			 836 Poole 0 (6)— (6)— 13 0 30 
			 933 Somerset 5 3 (6)— 31 3 90 
			 803 South Gloucestershire (6)— 0 (6)— 9 8 40 
			 866 Swindon 0 (6)— 0 15 3 30 
			 880 Torbay 0 0 0 14 (6)— 20 
			 865 Wiltshire (6)— 3 (6)— 33 4 70 
			 (1) Includes middle schools as deemed. (2) Excludes non-maintained special schools. (3) Estimates based on incomplete pupil level data. (4) Totals for England, each region and across all reasons for exclusion have been rounded to the nearest 10. (5) There are two permanent exclusions in Rochdale local authority for which reason for exclusion has not been established. These have been included in the total column only. (6) One or two exclusions (7)— Less than five exclusions  Source: School Census

Departments: Publicity

Mark Hoban: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what her Department's projected spending is on advertising and promotional campaigns for  (a) 2007-08 and  (b) 2008-09, broken down by cost relating to (i) television, (ii) radio and (iii) print media.

Jim Fitzpatrick: The Department's projected spending for advertising campaigns for the 2007-08 fiscal year is set out in the following table. Please note, these are anticipated spend and could be subject to change. Additional advertising costs, such as cinema, ambient and online, have been incorporated into 'other' advertising costs.
	The main expenditure by the Central Department is in support of the THINK! Road Safety, Act On CO2 and Aviation campaigns. DVLA investment is in support of their vehicle excise duty enforcement, electronic vehicle licensing and sales of marks campaigns.
	
		
			  2007-08 
			  £000 
			   Television  Radio  Print  Other 
			 Central DfT 6,099 2,350 1 ,800 3,711 
			 DSA 40 0 50 0 
			 DVLA 3,617 1 ,567 457 0 
			 HA 0 60 120 20 
			 VOSA 0 0 0 0 
			 MCA 15 0 1.7 0 
			 VCA 0 0 46 0 
		
	
	The Department's projected spending for advertising campaigns for the 2008-09 fiscal year are more difficult to project because some budgets have yet to be allocated. We anticipate that circa £11 million will be spent by Department for Transport and £4.6 million by Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA). Investment in each specific media channel has yet to be finalised.
	Breaking down the costs of promotional campaigns for the Department by television, radio and print media for 2007-08 and 2008-09 fiscal years could be done at only disproportionate cost.

Lorries: Safety

Gwyneth Dunwoody: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what the most recent estimate is of  (a) heavy goods vehicles and  (b) public service vehicles which should have an annual safety check conducted by the Vehicle and Operator Services Agency but do not.

Jim Fitzpatrick: The Vehicle and Operator Services Agency (VOSA) is responsible for the enforcement of road safety legislation. Its records reflect the number of heavy goods vehicles (HGV) and public service vehicles (PSV) which have presented for annual test. Its records do not record this as a percentage of the total HGV and PSV fleets in use.
	Although the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) may have records of HGV's and PSV's registered, some may be exempt from annual tests or have been declared as off the road (and therefore not require a certificate.) Also VOSA may have tested some vehicles more than once in a year so the DVLA and VOSA records cannot be directly compared.

Carers' Allowances

Ian Lucas: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions if he will extend eligibility to carer's allowance to allow a carer to receive carer's allowance in respect of more than one individual in the same household.

Anne McGuire: Carer's Allowance is intended principally to provide a measure of financial support for carers who cannot work full-time because they provide at least 35 hours of care a week for a severely disabled person. It is not payable in respect of each disabled person a carer may look after and we have no plans to change these arrangements.

Disabled

Mark Harper: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what mechanisms are in place to assess the likely effect of proposed legislation on people with disabilities; and if he will make a statement.

Anne McGuire: To meet the requirements of the Disability Equality Duty, Government Departments must assess the likely impact of proposed legislation on disability equality. The disability equality duty, which was introduced by the Disability Discrimination Act 2005, came into force on 4 December 2006. It requires public authorities to have due regard to the need to eliminate disability discrimination and promote disability equality when carrying out their functions.
	The general duty applies across the full range of public sector activity, including service delivery, policy making, procurement and performance management. Additional duties are imposed by regulations on certain public authorities, including all Government Departments, to produce and implement a disability equality scheme in which the authority must set out its methods for assessing the impact on equality for disabled people of its proposed policies and practices.
	While the Disability Equality Duty provides the framework for assessing the impact of policies on disabled people the precise mechanism for carrying the assessments out is up to each Government Department to determine and set out in their scheme.

National Insurance: Peterborough

Stewart Jackson: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many National Insurance numbers were issued to non-UK citizens living in  (a) Peterborough constituency and  (b) the Peterborough city council area in each year since 1997, broken down by nationality.

James Plaskitt: Information is not available prior to 200-03. The available information has been placed in the Library.

Animal Experiments

Mike Hancock: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence pursuant to the answer of 16 April 2007,  Official Report, column 129W, on animal experiments, what his timetable is for making the appointments.

Bob Ainsworth: I can confirm that a team has been appointed to examine the future of animal testing in support of possible future submarine escape and rescue research programme. The team comprises a core group of six specialists supported by a number of independent external advisers. It is led by an ex-military scientist, qualified to post doctorate level, supported by subject matter experts in defence related human physiology research, submarine design and operation, and law pertaining to the use of animals in scientific research. The group of external advisers includes leading academics in the field of human physiology.

RAF Halton

David Lidington: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many powered take-offs took place at RAF Halton in each calendar year since 2003; how many were carried out by each unit in each year; and if he will make a statement.

Bob Ainsworth: The annual number of powered take-offs from RAF Halton is capped at 16,300 per year as a result of a decision made by the then Under Secretary of State for Defence in 2004. This figure has never been exceeded.
	The total number of powered take-offs from RAF Halton in 2003 was 14,143 and in 2004 was 13,293. A full breakdown by unit is not available for those years. The powered take-offs from RAF Halton for 2005 and 2006 broken down by unit are shown as follows:
	
		
			  Units  2005  2006 
			 613 Volunteer Gliding Squadron (613 VGS) 5,378 4,291 
			 Joint Services Gliding Centre (JSGC) 3,094 2,377 
			 RAF Gliding and Soaring Association (RAF GSA) 430 575 
			 Halton Aeroplane Club (HAC) 4,287 4,159 
			 Halton Microlight Club (HMC) 2,408 2,180 
			 Other 312 118 
			 Annual total 15,909 13,700

Animal Experiments: Violence

Andrew Rosindell: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department 
	(1)  what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of legislation to deter violent action against research facilities that use animals in their testing;
	(2)  if she will review the effectiveness of the law on the use of blackmail in the context of the activities of protesters against research facilities that use animals in their testing;
	(3)  how many convictions there have been for criminal acts for which responsibility was claimed by the Animal Liberation Front;
	(4)  what discussions she has had with zoos and aquariums on security protection from animal rights extremists.

Vernon Coaker: The Government are committed to eradicating the threat of animal rights extremism and has in place a robust interdepartmental strategy to achieve this. The strategy is centred on an improved law enforcement approach, with additional resources provided to the police to tackle animal rights extremism, a central police team set-up to drive forward police action nationally, and legislation enacted to protect animal research organisations. The strategy has been overseen by a Cabinet Committee which has been encouraged by the significant fall in illegal extremist activity, and the many significant convictions of animal rights extremists in the past 18 months, some for blackmail. A number of other animal rights extremists are awaiting trial and other major investigations remain ongoing.
	While the Government respects, supports and will protect the right to peaceful protest, we are equally clear that it is wholly unacceptable that a very small number of animal extremists should mount campaigns of fear and intimidation in an attempt to stop individuals and companies going about their lawful and legitimate business whether is connected with animal research, farming or zoos and aquariums. The Government will continue to drive and review the strategy to eradicate the extremist threat.

Antisocial Behaviour

David Evennett: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many incidents of anti-social behaviour were  (a) recorded and  (b) detected in each London borough in 2006-07.

Vernon Coaker: holding answer 8 October 2007
	The Home office does not collect this information centrally.

CCTV: Costs

Lynne Featherstone: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what the cost to the public purse was of  (a) installing and  (b) maintaining CCTV surveillance in London in each of the last five years, broken down by borough.

Vernon Coaker: No data on the costs of publicly-funded CCTV cameras operating on a local or on a national level are centrally held by the Home Office.
	Previously, closed circuit television (CCTV) has been provided using a range of national and local funding streams. The principal fund has been the crime reduction programme from 1999 to 2003 which invested £170 million in CCTV schemes.
	Currently, crime reduction funding is allocated directly to local authorities through the Safer Stronger Communities Fund These funds finance a variety of interventions, including CCTV, to tackle local crime priorities.
	Funding allocations are local decisions and are the responsibility of individual partnerships.

CCTV: London Boroughs

Lynne Featherstone: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many publicly-funded CCTV cameras were installed in each London borough in each of the last five years.

Vernon Coaker: No data on the number of publicly-funded CCTV cameras operating on a local or on a national level is centrally held by the Home Office.

Genetics: Databases

Jon Trickett: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department 
	(1)  whether DNA and fingerprints may be taken from individuals who are being asked to take a breathalyser test;
	(2)  whether individuals not subject to charges but who were subject to a breathalyser test are entitled to  (a) decline when asked to submit to fingerprinting and the taking of DNA and  (b) request that the DNA and fingerprints should be destroyed;
	(3)  what rules apply to the taking of fingerprints and DNA samples when individuals are asked to take a breathalyser test  (a) at a police station and  (b) in their vehicle; what differences there are between the rules in both cases; and if she will make a statement.

Vernon Coaker: The Road Traffic Act 1988 gives a constable power to require a driver to provide a breath specimen for a preliminary breath test. This is generally taken at the roadside. Under section 6D of the 1988 Act, the driver may be arrested if as a result of the test, the constable suspects that that his/her breath or blood alcohol level exceeds the prescribed limit or, if for any reason, the driver does not cooperate with the test and the constable suspects alcohol (or drugs) to be in the driver's body.
	The purpose of this arrest is to enable a constable to require the driver to provide an evidential sample which, depending on the circumstances, may be breath, blood or urine, to be analysed to determine whether the driver may have committed a specific drink/driving offence under the Road Traffic Act.
	The taking and retention of fingerprints and DNA for the purposes of investigating other offences and for identifying suspects are governed by the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 (PACE). Under PACE, fingerprints and DNA cannot be taken without consent unless the driver has been arrested for, or charged with, a specific recordable offence, for example, driving with excess alcohol or when unfit to drive through drink or drugs, failing without reasonable excuse to take a preliminary breath test or failing without reasonable excuse to provide an evidential specimen for analysis. Biometric data under PACE is taken at a police station.
	Police may retain fingerprints and samples lawfully taken under PACE. It is a matter for the chief officer for each force area to determine whether or not samples or fingerprints should be retained.

Tesco: Extortion

Andrew Rosindell: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what representations she has received from Tesco supermarket on threatening letters received from animal rights activists; and if she will make a statement.

Vernon Coaker: The Home Office has received no representations from Tesco supermarket on threatening letters received from animal right activists. However, the Government are committed to working in close co-operation with law enforcement agencies and any targets of animal rights extremism to eradicate the threat of extremists, building on the significant fall in illegal extremist activity, and the many significant convictions of animal rights extremists in the past 18 months.

Centre of Excellence for Charitable Giving

Greg Clark: To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster whether the winners of the contract to host the Centre of Excellence for Charitable Giving will also be able to bid for research work commissioned by the Centre.

Phil Hope: The Centre for Charitable Giving and Philanthropy is being commissioned on the basis of a published specification that identified key research areas.
	A small proportion of the overall budget is currently uncommitted and has been set aside by the funders to support the commissioning of further research over the course of the centre.
	It will be open to centre staff and others to bid to currently uncommitted funds, and to any additional funds secured to support appropriate further research projects.
	Appropriate governance arrangements will be made to ensure that decisions on any further research supported by existing uncommitted funds, and by any additional funds secured, will be based on proposals' scientific excellence, in line with ESRC practice.

Departments: Public Bodies

Oliver Letwin: To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster if he will list his Department's  (a) executive agencies,  (b) executive Non-Department Public Bodies (NDPBs),  (c) advisory NDPBs,  (d) tribunal NDPBs,  (e) trading funds and  (f) public corporations for each financial year since 2005-06.

Edward Miliband: A list of the non-departmental public bodies and agencies sponsored by the Cabinet Office can be found in the Cabinet Office departmental reports which are available in the Libraries of the house for the reference of members. They are also available from the Cabinet Office website at:
	http://www.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/about_the_cabinet_office/reports.asp

Gift Aid

Greg Clark: To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster what steps were taken by the Office of the Third Sector to inform the voluntary sector and the general public about the reduction in the rate of gift aid that resulted from the change in income tax rates in the last Budget; and when those steps were taken.

Phil Hope: The then Chancellor and the Minister for the Third Sector discussed the need to further build on the increase in the amount of money directly benefiting third sector organisations, which has increased from £135 million in 1996-97 to £750 million for 2005-06. Measures to increase take-up of Gift Aid and ensure greater awareness of how to give in a tax-efficient way have been widely consulted on this year, ahead of any changes conning into effect on income tax levels. Findings from the consultation will be made available in due course.

Olympic Games: Greater London

Mark Hoban: To ask the Minister for the Olympics pursuant to the answer of 9 July 2007,  Official Report, column 1292W, on the Olympic Games: Greater London, which  (a) ministerial and  (b) official groups have taken forward the work of the Cost Review Group since 25 April.

Tessa Jowell: I, and departmental officials, held a number of bilateral meetings with key stakeholders to take forward the cost review work from 25 April 2006 until my statement of 15 March 2007,  Official Report, column 450. No specific ministerial group, or official groups were required.
	Following my announcement of 15 March 2007, Ministers have established a Funders Group, supported by officials, to continually assess the Olympic budget and agree any further calls on the contingency provision.

Radioactive Wastes

David Taylor: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what plans he has to meet with representatives of English, Scottish or Welsh local authorities to discuss the disposal of radioactive waste; and if he will make a statement.

Phil Woolas: holding answer 8 October 2007
	I spoke at the Local Government Association conference 'the long-term management of radioactive wastes—the role of Local Government' on 6 September 2007. There are also regular meetings between DEFRA and the Nuclear Legacy Advisory Forum (NuLeAF), the special interest group of the Local Government Association, to discuss radioactive waste issues.
	The Government are consulting publicly on a framework for implementing the geological disposal of higher activity radioactive waste. In launching the consultation document on 25 June 2007, DEFRA ministers wrote to all local authorities in England and Wales to inform those who may have an interest in responding.

Housing: Floods

Nicholas Clegg: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government 
	(1)  what steps her Department is taking to encourage developers to use water resilient flooring and fittings in houses built in areas with a high risk of flooding;
	(2)  what steps her Department is taking to support the development of raised level flooring to counter the effects of flooding.

Iain Wright: On 15 May Communities and Local Government published a technical guide, "Improving the flood Resilient Performance of New Buildings—Flood resilient construction." This guide provides information on how homes can be constructed so that, if they are flooded, it should be easier to clean and repair and enable early reoccupation. This guide includes information on flood resilient flooring, threshold and floor levels. The Department will consider the options for further action in relation to the flood performance of buildings in the light of Sir Michael Pitts' inquiry into the effects of the summer floods.
	Meanwhile all development is subject to Planning Policy Statement 25, "Development and Flood Risk (PPS25)" which aims to locate development away from flood risk whenever possible. In those areas where virtually all land is within high flood risk areas and there are few, if any, low risk sites for development, PPS25 imposes new requirements for resilience that ensure that buildings in higher risk areas are safe and less susceptible to flood damage.
	The mitigation process described in PPS25 includes the use of resilient or resistant construction. With regard to raising floor levels, while this can assist, it is not without adverse consequences: raised floors can make access and egress more difficult, especially for older people or the infirm; placing buildings on mounds can displace flood water, causing problems elsewhere; raising buildings can create a void under the building where flood water accumulates, bringing problems of removing flood water and contaminants after the flood subsides.

Religion

John Leech: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what representations the Government has received on the activities of  (a) The Friends of the Western Buddhist Order,  (b) The New Kadempa Tradition and  (c) Soka Gakkai International; and when such representations were received.

Parmjit Dhanda: Communities and Local Government has received correspondence from a member of the public regarding the alleged cultish behaviour of the Friends of the Western Buddhist Order, New Kadampa Tradition and Soka Gakkai International, and the recommendation of funding to these organisations under Round 2 of the Faith Communities Capacity Building Fund. This representation was received on 1 May 2007. As far as we are aware, no other representation has been received.

Stakeholder Advisory Panel on Home Buying and Selling: Public Appointments

Grant Shapps: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government who the members are of the Stakeholder Advisory Panel on home buying and selling; and what criteria were used to appoint its members.

Yvette Cooper: The Stakeholder Advisory Panel on home buying and selling consists of:
	Yvette Cooper (chair CLG)
	Mike Ockenden (AHIPP)
	Peter Bollon-King (NAEA)
	Nick Stace (Which?)
	Fiona Hoyle (CoPSO)
	Michael Coogan (CML)
	Simon McWhirter (WWF)
	Jeremy Leaf(RICS)
	Ted Beardsall (Land Registry)
	Paul Marsh (Law Society)
	Heather Clayton (OFT)
	David Saunders(BERR)
	Matthew Symes (Non-executive director)
	Jeremy Stanyard (Non-executive director)

Broomfield Hospital: PFI

Simon Burns: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many representations the Department received  (a) supporting and  (b) against the Broomfield private finance initiative scheme; what meetings were organised on this scheme and with whom; and what other consultation was conducted and what the balance of opinion was arising therefrom.

Ben Bradshaw: holding answer 8 October 2007
	 The former Minister of State (Andy Burnham), met with the hon. Members for West Chelmsford (Mr. Burns), Maldon and East Chelmsford (Mr. Whittingdale), the right hon. Member for Saffron Walden (Sir Alan Haselhurst), the hon. Member for Braintree (Mr. Newmark), Chair of the Trust David Bullock, Chief Executive of the Trust Andrew Pike, Helen Davis (from the strategic health authority (SHA)) and Peter Coates, Deputy Director of Finance-Investment, from the Department on Monday 20 November 2006 to discuss progress of the Broomfield private finance initiative scheme.
	The full business case, which is supported by local commissioners, the trust and the SHA has been submitted to the department for approval.

Injuries: Offensive Weapons

Andrew Lansley: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many  (a) gun shot and  (b) knife wounds the NHS has treated in the last 12 months.

Ben Bradshaw: Information is not collected on the number of gun shot and knife wounds the national health service has treated.
	Information is available however on those patients who were actually admitted to hospital for gun shot and knife injuries (these figures do not include patients who were treated in accident and emergency departments for gun shot/knife injuries and not admitted). Those cause codes that appear relevant are presented in the following table.
	
		
			  Count of finished admission episodes for gun shot and knife wound injuries 2001-02 to  2005-06: NHS h ospitals, England 
			Count 
			 W32 Handgun discharge 44 
			 W33 Rifle shotgun and larger firearm discharge 73 
			 X72 Intentional self-harm by handgun discharge 10 
			 X73 Intent self-harm by rifle shotgun and larger firearm discharge 17 
			 X93 Assault by handgun discharge 44 
			 X94 Assault by rifle shotgun and larger firearm discharge 51 
			 Y22 Handgun discharge undetermined intent 9 
			 Y23 Rifle shotgun and larger firearm discharge undetermined intent 11 
			  Total 259 
			
			 W26 Contact with knife sword or dagger 5,321 
			  Notes: 1. Finished admission episodes.: A finished admission episode is the first period of in-patient care under one consultant within one health care provider. Please note that admissions do not represent the number of in-patients, as a person may have more than one admission within the year. 2. Cause code: The cause code is a supplementary code that indicates the nature of any external cause of injury, poisoning or other adverse effects. 3. Ungrossed data: Figures have not been adjusted for shortfalls in data (i.e. the data are ungrossed). Source: Hospital Episode Statistics, The Information Centre for health and social care

Entry Clearances

Stephen Williams: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what percentage of appeals against a refusal to issue a visa were upheld in the last 12 months, broken down by overseas post.

Kim Howells: I refer the hon. Member to the following table.
	
		
			  Appeals received, dismissed and allowed in 2006-07 
			  Post  Appeals received  Appeals dismissed  Appeals allowed  Percentage allowed( 1) 
			 Abu Dhabi 70 25 20 44 
			 Abuja 3,895 3,040 1,105 27 
			 Accra 4,370 4,650 1,680 27 
			 Addis Ababa 1,205 1,500 530 26 
			 Algiers 115 25 5 17 
			 Almaty 25 10 5 33 
			 Amman 485 220 115 34 
			 Amsterdam 65 55 15 21 
			 Ankara 355 170 205 55 
			 Ashgabat 60 25 15 38 
			 Asmara 40 50 45 47 
			 Athens 15 20 15 43 
			 Bahrain 40 5 5 50 
			 Baku 25 10 0 0 
			 Bandar Seri Begawan 5 5 0 0 
			 Bangkok 645 270 280 51 
			 Banjul 430 250 90 26 
			 Belting 280 220 125 36 
			 Beirut 165 95 35 27 
			 Belgrade 65 35 25 42 
			 Bogota 310 165 75 31 
			 Bratislava 0 45 0 0 
			 Bridgetown 45 30 5 14 
			 Brussels 60 20 5 20 
			 Bucharest 315 265 140 35 
			 Budapest 0 5 0 0 
			 Cairo 235 105 75 42 
			 Canberra 125 10 5 33 
			 Caracas 30 15 5 25 
			 Casablanca 175 65 85 57 
			 Chennai 1,580 520 335 39 
			 Chicago 125 60 15 20 
			 Chisinau 60 20 50 71 
			 Chongqing 80 20 35 64 
			 Colombo 1,275 850 870 51 
			 Copenhagen 45 50 15 23 
			 Dakar 25 30 10 25 
			 Damascus 50 80 45 36 
			 Dar Es Salaam 190 140 65 32 
			 Dhaka 9,285 4,455 4,255 49 
			 Doha 10 10 5 33 
			 Dubai 265 100 50 33 
			 Dublin 100 55 15 21 
			 Dusseldorf 100 85 30 26 
			 Freetown 360 195 110 36 
			 Gaborone 25 25 10 29 
			 Geneva 0 0 0 — 
			 Georgetown 55 25 20 44 
			 Guangzhou 610 215 350 62 
			 Hanoi 55 30 25 45 
			 Harare 2,115 1,375 615 31 
			 Havana 0 0 0 — 
			 Helsinki 30 5 5 50 
			 Hong Kong 105 85 45 35 
			 Islamabad 32,740 13,070 13,910 52 
			 Istanbul 465 270 280 51 
			 Jakarta 90 55 40 42 
			 Jedda 95 70 55 44 
			 Jerusalem 5 15 5 25 
			 Kampala 895 585 365 38 
			 Karachi 3,050 655 820 56 
			 Kathmandu 940 260 185 42 
			 Khartoum 95 35 20 36 
			 Kiev 325 165 145 47 
			 Kingston 2,635 1,670 1,580 49 
			 Kinshasa 280 160 60 27 
			 Kolkata 125 35 20 36 
			 Kuala Lumpur 215 135 60 31 
			 Kuwait City 70 50 15 23 
			 La Paz 5 0 0 — 
			 Lagos 24,290 4,985 6,165 55 
			 Lilongwe 705 175 45 20 
			 Lima 10 15 10 40 
			 Lisbon 0 5 0 0 
			 Los Angeles 145 25 20 44 
			 Luanda 45 15 10 40 
			 Lusaka 215 105 40 28 
			 Madrid 100 50 15 23 
			 Manila 2,050 1,210 925 43 
			 Mexico City 5 0 0 — 
			 Minsk 45 15 15 50 
			 Montevideo 0 0 0 — 
			 Moscow 75 60 60 50 
			 Mumbai 8,635 3,390 3,115 48 
			 Muscat 35 15 10 40 
			 Nairobi 855 625 410 40 
			 New Delhi 11,745 4,680 7,170 61 
			 New York 270 155 60 28 
			 Nicosia 195 70 35 33 
			 Oslo 15 5 10 67 
			 Ottawa 230 40 10 20 
			 Panama City 0 0 0 — 
			 Paris 45 40 10 20 
			 Port Louis 290 145 105 42 
			 Port of Spain 40 15 10 40 
			 Prague 0 5 5 50 
			 Pretoria 1,610 765 190 20 
			 Quito 55 30 20 40 
			 Rabat 340 135 175 56 
			 Rangoon 20 30 20 40 
			 Riga 5 5 0 0 
			 Rio De Janeiro 845 315 95 23 
			 Riyadh 35 40 30 43 
			 Rome 55 25 20 44 
			 Sanaa 250 175 95 35 
			 Santo Domingo 30 0 5 100 
			 Sarajevo 10 5 5 50 
			 Seoul 160 40 20 33 
			 Shanghai 90 45 45 50 
			 Singapore 70 35 15 30 
			 Skopje 445 225 145 39 
			 Sofia 140 400 125 24 
			 St. Petersburg 5 5 5 50 
			 Stockholm 75 50 25 33 
			 Suva 15 0 10 100 
			 Tallinn 0 5 0 0 
			 Tashkent 10 0 10 100 
			 Tbilisi 20 15 10 40 
			 Tehran 1,810 980 520 35 
			 Tel Aviv 60 25 0 0 
			 Tirana 450 295 115 28 
			 Tokyo 20 30 15 33 
			 Tripoli 70 65 15 19 
			 Tunis 475 345 255 43 
			 Ulaanbaatar 35 5 5 50 
			 Valletta 5 0 0 — 
			 Victoria 20 5 10 67 
			 Vienna 10 10 0 0 
			 Vilnius 0 0 0 — 
			 Warsaw 15 0 0 — 
			 Wellington 5 5 5 50 
			 Windhoek 0 15 0 0 
			 Yaounde 535 295 175 37 
			 Yekaterinburg 25 10 5 33 
			 Yerevan 5 5 10 67 
			 Zagreb 10 5 0 0 
			 Grand total 130,100 57,350 49,695 46 
			 (1 )Percentage allowed is calculated by the number of appeals allowed, divided by the number of appeals resolved (dismissed plus allowed).  Note: Due to the length of the appeal process the total number of appeals allowed and dismissed does not equal the total received in any given year.  Source: 2006-07 Provisional Entry Clearance Statistics (to be published)

Uganda: Elections

Michael Moore: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what assessment he has made of the recommendations of the European Union Elections Observer Mission report on the 2006 elections in Uganda; what discussions he has had with his European counterparts on this report; what proposals he has made on this subject to his European counterparts ahead of the December EU-Africa summit; and if he will make a statement.

David Miliband: In July 2006, the EU election observer mission released its final report on the February 2006 elections. The report concluded that the elections fell short of full compliance with international principles for genuine democratic elections. However, the report also said that despite some shortcomings on election day, voting was generally well administered, transparent and competitive.
	The UK, along with our EU partners, has a regular dialogue with the Government of Uganda on all aspects of developing multi-party democracy and engaging with the opposition, building towards the next elections, due to take place in 2011.
	The report and recommendations were discussed in detail by EU Heads of Mission in Kampala, including with the Government of Uganda. We will continue to refer to it regularly in the run up to the next elections. I have not had discussions on this issue with my EU counterparts. The agenda of the December EU-Africa summit has not been finalised. However, the UK supports the inclusion of a discussion of governance throughout Africa.

Official Residences

Norman Baker: To ask the Prime Minister what the total cost to public funds has been of entertainment at  (a) Chequers,  (b) Chevening and  (c) Dorneywood since 1 May 1997.

Gordon Brown: For information on entertainment costs at Chequers for the financial year 2006-07 I refer the hon. Member to my answer on 25 July 2007,  Official Report, column 1108W. For information prior to this date I refer the hon. Member to the answer given by my predecessor, the right hon. Tony Blair, on 11 October 2006,  Official Report, column 794W.
	Responsibility for Chevening is a matter for the Foreign Office. In respect of Dorneywood, I refer the hon. Member to the answer given by the then Parliamentary Secretary at the then Office of the Deputy Prime Minister (Chris Leslie) on 28 March 2003,  Official Report, column 484W. Since my right hon. Friend the former Deputy Prime Minister (John Prescott) relinquished the use of Dorneywood, any costs associated with official use have fallen to the relevant Department.